Vi·et·nam·ize 
(vē-ĕtnə-mīz′, vyĕt-, vēĭt-)
(vē-ĕtnə-mīz′, vyĕt-, vēĭt-)tr.v. Vi·et·nam·ized, Vi·et·nam·iz·ing, Vi·et·nam·iz·es
To turn over responsibility for (military operations, for example) to the South Vietnamese: "a policy of Vietnamizing the actual fighting" (C.L. Sulzberger).